DLD11

I’ve been to a lot of tech and media conference in my day, but this week marked the first time I attended the annual Digital – Life – Design (DLD) Conference in Munich, Germany.
Not only was it a great opportunity to listen to, meet with, and hijack the Twitter and Facebook accounts of many a tech luminary, but it was also outright fun to be there.
I realize full well lip… Read More

Local ecommerce company Groupon recently acquired a small online couponing startup in India called SoSasta (which I’m told means ‘very cheap’). But the real leader in India’s digital coupon space is actually SnapDeal, which currently boasts over 1 million subscribers and has roughly 70 percent market share.
I caught up with Kunal Bahl, CEO of SnapDeal’s parent… Read More

In the closing keynote of the DLD Conference in Germany, soon to be former Google CEO Eric Schmidt took the stage, notably less than a week after passing on the reins of the company to Google co-founder Larry Page.
These are my live notes from the keynote: Read More

James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and currently Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, Europe and Asia, was interviewed on stage at the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany.
Murdoch touched on everything from its relationship with Google and Apple, to paywalls for online newspapers, iPad applications and more.
These are my notes: Read More

Remember Firesheep, that Firefox extension that lets users effortlessly ‘hack’ into the Twitter and Facebook accounts of anyone using a public network by capturing user cookies?
I’m currently at the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany, which is host to a whole lot of tech luminaries, executives, startups, press and investors alike.
The organization has provided every attendee… Read More

These are my notes from a panel on ‘Local Markets’ at the DLD Conference in Germany, which featured Groupon CEO Andrew Mason and Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley.
Q: It’s always been quite hard for local merchants to be found. How do you look at the differences between your companies in trying to solve that problem?
Dennis: We’re more about loyalty, aiding businesses who… Read More

In a panel on ‘Open Innovation’ at the DLD Conference, moderated by Fast Company’s Linda Tischler, Google’s Marissa Mayer was asked about Eric Schmidt‘s transition to a new role at the company, handing over the reins to co-founder Larry Page.
Mayer:
For a long time, Google has been run by a triumvirate, and last week we announced a reshuffling. It’s important… Read More

Dan Rose, VP of Partnerships and Platform Marketing at Facebook, took the stage at DLD Conference in Munich this morning in a conversation with David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect.
After Kirkpatrick was done promoting his book a couple of times, he commenced the interview as follows: Read More

I bumped into a cool startup in the hallways at the DLD Conference in Munich, and figured there’s only one good way to share what they’re building with you: shooting a quick video.
The name of the startup is Impossible Software, and their game is, essentially, dynamically bringing product placement to the digital video advertising industry. Read More

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Tomorrow at the DLD Conference in Munich, mobile apps developer Outfit7 is set to announce that its iOS and Android apps have hit the 60 million downloads milestone, mere weeks after hitting 41 million. In fact, over 1 million downloads were logged on Christmas day alone, netting the company nearly $200,000.
Outfit7, which makes the hugely popular Talking Friends series of apps, says it expects… Read More